Screen Rant’s (Massive) 2011 Movie Preview

Published 4 years ago
by
Kofi Outlaw
, Updated February 15th, 2014 at 4:30 pm,

May 2011

Thor

May 6th

The powerful but arrogant warrior Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst humans on Earth, where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders. Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Rene Russo, Jamie Alexander, Stellan Skarsgård, Kat Dennings, Idris Elba, Ray Stevenson, and Colm Feore all co-star.

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Something Borrowed

May 6th

Friendships are tested and secrets come to the surface when terminally single Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin) falls for Dex (Colin Egglesfield), her best friend Darcy’s (Kate Hudson) fiancé. Based on the bestselling non-fiction book.

Bridesmaids

May 13th

Priest

May 13th

A priest (Paul Bettany) disobeys church law to track down the vampires who kidnapped his niece.

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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

May 20th

Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) and Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard (Ian McShane) and his daughter (Penélope Cruz) are after it too.

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The Hangover Part II

May 26th

Through a series of fantastic (and funny) events, the boys from The Hangover find themselves in Thailand. Hilarity once again ensues.

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Kung Fu Panda 2

May 27th

Po (voice of Jack Black) joins forces with a group of new Kung Fu masters to take on an old enemy with a deadly new weapon. Angelina Jolie, Seth Rogen, Dustin Hoffman, Lucy Liu, Jackie Chan, David Cross, James Woods, Jean-Cluade Van Damme, Victor Garber, James Hong, and Michelle Yeoh all lend their voices.

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The Tree of Life

May 27th (Limited Release)

Terrence Malick’s latest film centers around a family with three boys in the 1950s. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence. Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain star.

I just read the first Hunger Games novel and I really enjoyed it as well. I know the director is planning for a PG-13 but I don’t really know how he’s going to pull that off and get across what was in the book.

Looking forward to Kill the Irishman. I’m big fan of Vincent D’Onofrio.
The music kind of sucks though. Not really suited for a 70′s era film.
Also excited for Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2, something fun to watch with the kids.

Great article. Somewhere in the back of my mind I was hoping you guys would do something like this, and bam! Apollo 18 confused me… horror/thriller or whatever with a mission that was canceled? I’m assuming the story will revolve around a mission gone wrong and was canceled as a cover-up. Annnd february is (mostly) looking like a month to skip altogether. Gnomeo and Juliet? pshhh.

Lil Monster, I don’t really see much worth going to the theater to see until May. Then I will have to take out a loan just to get me through the Summer. I have read all the articles on a lot of the movies for this Summer but until this article, I didn’t realize just how many movies were coming out this year that I want to go see. I can’t wait for May.

Then the rest of this article just cracked me up. I can’t believe how many stupid movies they are doing this year. Like the Nick Cage goes Ghost Rider in a car. Another Big Momma movie? That one trick pony has been absolutely beat to death. Piranha 3DD? That has to win the title for dumbest movie title of the year. Jack and Jill sounds like something pitched to the movie execs on South Park by Cartman in the Awesome-O Episode. With ideas like this, even the worst of the good movies can’t be all bad.

I am STOKED for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. David Fincher is one of my all time favorite directors, the perfect choice to direct this movie, and Trent Reznor makes the exact kind of dark but sexy music that a story like this requires. Not to mention the cast is killer and if you’ve read the book, you know the plot line is intriguing. Should be a very entertaining film.

Thanks Kofi, really appreciate the synopsis of this years movies. It’s better than anything Total Film or Premiere will do.
Having perused what’s on offer I am appalled at the sheer volume of crap that Hollywood continues to churn out.
Despite that there are a number of films that stand out for me and a few more that command my attention.

Would like to watch “Vanishing On 7th Street”…but it has John Leguizamo in it. Sorry, but I have an irrational dislike of the man.

Finally, I reckon this could be a stand out year for Ryan Gosling and Alex Pettyfer. Gosling as a credible A list actor with serious acting chops and Pettyfer as the goto guy for drawing in the (mainly female) teen audience bucks with vapid, turgid, generic and predictable rubbish that somehow garners millions of dollars.
It should also prove (hopefully) that Justin Timberlake should stick to singing disposable pop ditties and that Rooney Mara should do a lesbian porn film with Sacha Gray…but only because i’m selfish you see!

Omg The Lincoln Lawyer looks so good! I love Ryan Phillippe. Actually there are a lot of great actors in it, I’m stoked to see it! The facebook page has some more pics and info and stuff – http://www.facebook.com/thelincolnlawyermovie